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Our primate ancestors may have learned to walk while still in the treetops Tarzan was a little more accurate than we thought. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
The Black Death changed our DNA and we're still paying for it Eight hundred years later, we're still feeling the ripples of The Plague. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
Early man was using fire to cook food 600,000 years earlier than we previously thought Cooking with fire apparently wasn't exclusive to Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
The evolution of tree roots nearly ended life on Earth In the war between plants and animals, plants fired the first shot and it was a doozy. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
Puffer fish use modified toxins to communicate with one another Talk about words that sting. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
The aye-aye's spooky long fingers make them nose-picking world champs What large fingers you have... all the better to pick your nose with. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
Rhinos are evolving smaller horns in response to poaching They're becoming smaller targets, but maybe not small enough. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
The first word? Acoustic communication likely arose at least 407 million years ago And we haven't stopped talking since. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
All mammals have a rodent-like common ancestor, and now we have its genome Genetic forensics 200 million years in the making. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago